Systemic endothelial glycocalyx and aortic stiffness are preserved in pulmonary arterial hypertension

• Helen Triantafyllidi,
• Olympia Apostolopoulou,
• Dimitris Benas,
• Ignatios Ikonomidis,
• Mary Varoudi,
• Iraklis Tsagkaris,
• Anastasia Anthi,
• Loukianos Rallidis,
• Dimitrios Kostantonis,
• Frantzeska Frantzeskaki,
• George Pavlidis,
• Leonidas Palaiodimos,
• Antonios Schoinas,
• Apostolos Armaganidis,
• John Lekakis,
• Stylianos E. Orfanos

Affiliations

Helen Triantafyllidi

Corresponding author. Helen Triantafyllidi, 2nd Cardiology Department, Attikon Hospital, Medical School, University of Athens, 83, Agiou Ioannou Theologou, Holargos, 155 61, Athens, Greece. Tel: 011 30 6944268623, Fax: 011 30 210 6522947.; 2nd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ATTIKON Hospital, Athens, Greece

Olympia Apostolopoulou

2nd Department of Critical Care, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ATTIKON Hospital, Athens, Greece

Dimitris Benas

2nd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ATTIKON Hospital, Athens, Greece

Ignatios Ikonomidis

2nd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ATTIKON Hospital, Athens, Greece

Mary Varoudi

2nd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ATTIKON Hospital, Athens, Greece

Iraklis Tsagkaris

2nd Department of Critical Care, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ATTIKON Hospital, Athens, Greece

Anastasia Anthi

2nd Department of Critical Care, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ATTIKON Hospital, Athens, Greece

Loukianos Rallidis

2nd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ATTIKON Hospital, Athens, Greece

Dimitrios Kostantonis

2nd Department of Critical Care, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ATTIKON Hospital, Athens, Greece

Frantzeska Frantzeskaki

2nd Department of Critical Care, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ATTIKON Hospital, Athens, Greece

George Pavlidis

2nd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ATTIKON Hospital, Athens, Greece

Leonidas Palaiodimos

2nd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ATTIKON Hospital, Athens, Greece

Antonios Schoinas

2nd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ATTIKON Hospital, Athens, Greece

Apostolos Armaganidis

2nd Department of Critical Care, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ATTIKON Hospital, Athens, Greece

John Lekakis

2nd Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ATTIKON Hospital, Athens, Greece

Stylianos E. Orfanos

2nd Department of Critical Care, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ATTIKON Hospital, Athens, Greece